1925 PGA Championship

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1925 PGA Championship | image = | location = [[Olympia Fields, Illinois]] | course = [[Olympia Fields Country Club]] Courses 3 and 4<ref name=awlqf>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=43suAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5588%2C3183930|newspaper=Montreal Gazette |title=Al Watrous led qualifying field |date=September 22, 1925 |page=18}}</ref><ref name=hbdofh>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=64JRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6103%2C2769639|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Hagen beats Diegel on 40th hole |date=September 25, 1925 |page=11 }} {{Dead link|date=January 2021}}</ref> | dates = September 21–26, 1925 | par = 70<ref name=ptstaw>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4IJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4268%2C1372796 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=P.G.A. tourney opens today; Watrous has 69 |date=September 21, 1925 |page=9 }}</ref> | yardage = {{convert|6448|yd}} {{convert|6490|yd|0}}<ref name=ptstaw/> | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 67 players,<ref name=ptstaw/> {{dead link|date=January 2021}} 32 to match play | cut = 157 (+17) | format = [[Match play]] - 5 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]6,330<ref name=pgamedia25>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=424&date=1925&tourn_name_id=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023170057/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=424&date=1925&tourn_name_id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2006 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 1925 PGA Championship |accessdate=May 12, 2013 }}</ref> | winners_share =  | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Walter Hagen]] | score = def. [[Bill Mehlhorn]], 6 and 5 | previous = [[1924 PGA Championship|1924]] | next = [[1926 PGA Championship|1926]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = Olympia  Fields  |lat = 41.521 |long = -87.687 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |position = left |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 240 }} {{Location map |USA Illinois |relief = 1 |label = Olympia  Fields  |lat = 41.521 |long = -87.687 |caption = Location in [[Illinois]] |position = left |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 160 }} The '''1925 PGA Championship''' was the eighth [[PGA Championship]], held September 21–26 at [[Olympia Fields Country Club]] in [[Olympia Fields, Illinois]], a suburb south of [[Chicago]]. Then a [[match play]] championship, defending champion [[Walter Hagen]] defeated [[Bill Mehlhorn]] 6 and 5 in the finals on Courses 3 and 4 to win his second consecutive PGA Championship, his third overall, and the seventh of his eleven [[Men's major golf championships|major]] titles.

The victory ran Hagen's match record at the PGA Championship in the 1920s to 20–1 ({{winning percentage|20|1}}), falling only to [[Gene Sarazen]] in 38 holes in the [[1923 PGA Championship|1923]] finals. With his second consecutive title, his winning streak stood at ten matches. This was the second of four consecutive PGA Championships for Hagen; through 2013, no other player was won more than two consecutive titles.

Hagen had close calls in this event; his first round match with low qualifier [[Al Watrous]] went to 39 holes<ref name=hbwotn>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=54JRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6528%2C1961123 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Hagen beats Watrous on 39th |date=September 23, 1925 |page=9 }}</ref> and the quarterfinal match with future two-time champion [[Leo Diegel]] went to 40 holes after Diegel built an early lead.<ref name=hbdofh/> Hagen defeated Diegel the [[1926 PGA Championship|following year]] in the finals, then Diegel beat Hagen on the way to his two titles in [[1928 PGA Championship|1928]] and [[1929 PGA Championship|1929]].

The four 18-hole courses at Olympia Fields were reduced to two in the 1940s when the club sold half of its property. Course No. 4 became the North course, and the South course is a composite of holes form the other three.<ref name=ofaetbhs>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/06/23/page/48/article/olympia-fields-acres-expected-to-be-homesites |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Chase |first=Al |title=Olympia Fields acres expected to be homesites |date=June 23, 1946 |page=B, part 3}}</ref>

==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1925 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:<ref name=pgamedia25/> * Monday – 36-hole [[stroke play]] qualifier **top 32 professionals advanced to match play * Tuesday – first round – 36 holes * Wednesday – second round – 36 holes * Thursday – quarterfinals – 36 holes * Friday – semifinals – 36 holes * Saturday – final – 36 holes

==Final results== ''Saturday, September 26, 1925'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Walter Hagen]]'''  |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Bill Mehlhorn]]  |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Harry Cooper (golfer)|Harry Cooper]]  |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Mortie Dutra]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tommy Armour]]  |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Leo Diegel]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Farrell]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tom Kerrigan (golfer)|Tom Kerrigan]] |}

==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals September 24 | RD2=Semi-finals September 25 | RD3=Finals September 26

| score-width= 35px | team-width= 100px

| RD1-team1= '''[[Walter Hagen]]''' | RD1-score1= 40h | RD1-team2= [[Leo Diegel]] | RD1-score2=

| RD1-team7= '''[[Mortie Dutra]]''' | RD1-score7= 2up | RD1-team8= [[Tommy Armour]] | RD1-score8=

| RD2-team3= '''[[Bill Mehlhorn]]''' | RD2-score3= 8&6 | RD2-team4= [[Mortie Dutra]] | RD2-score4=

| RD3-team1= '''[[Walter Hagen]]''' | RD3-score1= 6&5 | RD3-team2= [[Bill Mehlhorn]] | RD3-score2= }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf PGA Media Guide 2012] *[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1925.html PGA.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205014821/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1925.html |date=2005-02-05 }} – 1925 PGA Championship

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